Television

The Search is Over, The Party's Just Begun: Dory (Alia Shawkat), Drew (John Reynolds), Portia (Meredith Hagner) and Elliott (John Early) go shopping for human empathy in the TBS series Search Party.

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In Its Second Season, 'Search Party' Finds New, Even Darker, Life

6:01am November 19, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Last season, four morally bankrupt friends found the missing Chantal. Now, the TBS series shifts focus, and genre — from blackly comic mystery to acidly funny suspense.

Hari Kondabolu is the writer and star of the new documentary "The Problem With Apu."

Arts

A New Documentary Calls Into Question The Simpson's 'Apu'

6:00am November 19, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Comedian Hari Kondabolu's new documentary, The Problem with Apu, unearths an essential truth about Hollywood: "Success justifies everything." Even racism.

In a monologue on her Hulu show I Love You, America, comedian Sarah Silverman described the sadness and anger she feels about her friend Louis C.K., following his admission of sexual misconduct.

Arts

Sarah Silverman Asks: 'Can You Love Someone Who Did Bad Things?'

5:03pm November 17, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

In an emotional monologue, Silverman addressed "the elephant masturbating in the room" and plumbed the anger and sadness she feels about her friend Louis C.K.'s actions.

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Mindy Kaling Loves Rom Coms (And Being The Boss)

3:16pm November 17, 2017

Kaling's Hulu series, The Mindy Project, recently ended after six seasons. In 2012, the actress told Fresh Air that her character on the show was inspired by her late mother, who was an obstetrician.

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Actress Millie Bobby Brown plays Eleven in the Netflix series Stranger Things 2.

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'Stranger Things 2' Creators Wanted A Sequel That Topped The Original

1:42pm November 14, 2017

by Sam Briger

Brothers Ross and Matt Duffer return to the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., for the second season of their Neflix series. "We wanted to scale it up a little bit," Matt says of Stranger Things 2.

The Phantom Minas?: Amazon announced it will bring a Lord of the Rings prequel to television. (Elijah Wood in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

Books

10 Great, Perfect, Solid-Mithril Ideas For 'Lord Of The Rings' TV Spin-Offs

6:13am November 14, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Amazon Studios is bringing an ongoing Lord of the Rings prequel series to television. The deal includes an option for "a potential additional spin-off series." Tom Bombadil, call your agent.

Grey's Anatomy is now in its 14th season, one season shy of equaling ER's record as TV's longest-running medical drama. (Pictured: Justin Chambers and Ellen Pompeo)

Arts

The Case For 'Grey's Anatomy,' 300 Episodes In

1:56pm November 10, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Aside from an episode recap or a mention of the latest character Shonda Rhimes has written off, critics don't pay much attention to Grey's. But there's a reason it's still so popular.

S. Fitzgerald Haney, former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, with his wife, Andrea, on that country's Dancing with the Stars. He is donating his stipend to a local cancer institute.

Former U.S. Ambassador To Costa Rica Dances With The Stars

10:03am November 10, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

When the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica was asked what he would do after Trump asked for his resignation, he joked that maybe he would go on Dancing with the Stars. That's just where he has landed.

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Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) in This Is Us.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour, Redux: 'This Is Us' And 'Speechless'

6:00am November 10, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Listen to two of our favorite segments from last year, featuring two of our favorite fourth chairs (Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish), about two of our favorite shows.

Kevin Spacey at the Tony Awards in New York in June (left) and Christopher Plummer during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July 2013.

Spacey Cut From Film; Scenes To Be Re-Shot With Actor Christopher Plummer

9:35am November 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

In the wake of allegations of sexual abuse against Spacey, director Ridley Scott has decided to sub in Plummer in All the Money in the World, due for release next month.